 Most viewed - Steam Locomotives at Hellifield Station in the period 1961 / 1962 / 1963 |
BR Class Patriot 4-6-0 - 45517 242 views1962 - BR British Railways Steam Locomotive Class Patriot 45517 (Unnamed) having a spin on the turntable at Hellifield having just arrived from Liverpool
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BR Britannia 4-6-2 Pacific Class - 70054 "Dornock Firth"242 viewsBR Britannia 4-6-2 Pacific Class - 70054 "Dornock Firth" waiting to head north at Hellifield.
G Robinson.
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LMS Fowler 2P 4-4-0 - 40685 242 views08/09/1962 - LMS Fowler 2P 4-4-0 - 40685 dumped at the far end of the north siding at Hellifield for quite a few months . I spent many a hour pretending driving this engine over the S & C.
Me and my brother can be seen hanging out of the cab on one picture.
G Robinson,
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Great Northern Railway 0-6-0ST steam locomotive, No 1247, 1899242 viewsHellifield Shed in the 1960`s when closed for traffic, was used to store a few engines for the then new National Railway Museum in York. My father managed to get a look around this store and managed to get a few photgraphs.
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Fairburn 2-6-4 - 4MT Tank - 42154 241 viewsTaken from the embankment at the south side of Hellifield station. Fairburn 2-6-4 - 4MT Tank - 42154 pulls out of the central platform passing the south signal box heading round the curve towards Blackburn with a local stopping train.
Geoff Robinson
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WD 2-8-0 90595 241 viewsHellifield 1962 - WD 2-8-0 90595 c/w snow plough attaching to a soda ash minerals train in the sidings
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LMS Fowler 0-6-0 4F- 44276241 viewsLMS Fowler 0-6-0 4F- 44276 on its own shed spending most of its working life here, finally moving onto Skipton when the shed closed.
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BR Britannia class pacific 4-6-2- 70022 "Tornado" 241 viewsThe original one - BR Britannia class pacific 4-6-2- 70022 "Tornado" pausing at Hellifield on a freight heading north to Carlisle.
G Robinson.
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LMS Stanier 2-6-4 4MT tank- 42492240 views1962 - Allocated to 24H (Hellifield) at this time - Stanier 2-6-4 4MT tank- 42492 being positioned by unknown Midland 0-6-0 at Hellifield Sheds.
Cant recall ever seeing a diesel shunter here.
G Robinson
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Fairburn Class 4 -MT 2-6-4, - 42051238 viewsA quiet scene at Hellifield as Fairburn Class 4 -MT 2-6-4, - 42051 waits in the central up platform with a stopping train to Blackburn.
(Probably me as a kid, crouched down, hidden at the back of the lamp post)
The steep return line from the coaling plant can also be seen on the right hand side.
G Robinson
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BR 4-6-2 Pacific Clan class - 72007 "Clan Macintosh" 238 views23/05/1964 - BR 4-6-2 Pacific Clan class - 72007 "Clan Macintosh" on the RCTS "Ribble - Lune Tour" taking on water at Hellifield
G Robinson
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LMS Patroit 4-6-0 45510 237 viewsProbably early 1962 - Lancaster Green Ayre engine - LMS Patroit 4-6-0 45510 on a Morcambe to Leeds service preparing to leave Hellifield. This engine was withdrawn from service a few months later.
G Robinson
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LMS Hughes Crab 2-6-0 - 42895 236 views1962 - Lancaster Green Ayre engine LMS Hughes Crab 2-6-0 - 42895 arriving at Hellifield this time with a long mixed freight.
I like the sight of the signal mans bike lent against the post,
G Robinson.
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LMS Fowler 4F 0-6-0 - 44451236 viewsLMS Fowler 4F 0-6-0 - 44451, a Carlisle engine arriving at Hellifield with mineral trucks.
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BR Brittania class 4-6-2 pacific - 70044 "Earl Haig" - minus name plates236 viewsWith snow in the background, BR Brittania class 4-6-2 pacific - 70044 "Earl Haig" - minus name plates, leaving Hellifield on what is possibly a diversion service from the WCML.
G Robinson.
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Gresley A3 4-6-2 - 4472 "Flying Scotsman"235 views15/05/1965 - 4472 "Flying Scotsman" leaving Hellifield for Carlisle on 1X51 - a special for the Gainsborough Model railway Society from Lincoln to Carlisle and onto Dumfries and return.
G Robinson
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